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Noun: perimeter  pu'ri-mi-tu(r)
  1. A line enclosing a plane area
    "They walked around the perimeter of the field"
     
  2. The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
    "Security guards patrolled the perimeter of the compound";
    - margin, border
     
  3. The size of something as given by the distance around it
    "The security team patrolled the perimeter of the compound";
    - circumference

Derived forms: perimeters

Type of: bound, boundary, edge, line, size

Encyclopedia: Perimeter